What is Microsoft Teams?

Microsoft Teams is the ultimate messaging app for your organization—a workspace for real-time collaboration and communication, meetings, and file sharing. All the tools for remote work in one place and accessible to everyone with a UNM NetID and Lobomail account.

1. Jul 28, 2021 Microsoft Teams is a workspace for collaborative teamwork in Office 365. Discover how teams can achieve more by managing files, apps, and chats in a single place. Convenient chat for modern teams. Boost your team’s productivity and communication using a threaded chat in Microsoft Teams. Share files and chat in one-to-one or group conversations.
2. Get started with chat and file sharing using the Quick Start Video Training. Download the Quick Start Guide to learn the basics and keep as a handy reference. The Microsoft Teams Help & Learning Center is a free online resource that can help you find answers to most questions; Setup, login, how-to’s, FAQ, etc.
3. TeamViewer for macOS. Establish incoming and outgoing connections between devices. Real-time remote access and support. Collaborate online, participate in meetings, and chat with others. Download TeamViewer. Current version: 15.20.6.

Please Note: Microsoft Teams should not be used for classroom instructional purposes due to factors including student privacy, online course compliance considerations, and available support. Zoom is the UNM approved and recommended tool for hosting a synchronous class meeting using web conferencing.

• Real-time chat, audio, video and web conferencing
• Integrates with email, OneDrive, Sharepoint, OneNote, and more
• Available on multiple devices and online
• Up to 10,000 members per Team
• Up to 250 private chat and meeting participants

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Microsoft Teams is accessible to everyone with a UNM NetID and Lobomail account. You will need a UNM NetID to create a team. It is also possible to add people outside of UNM to a team as a guest using an email address.

MS Teams supports administrative and group collaboration including:

• Video conferencing
• Note taking
• Project collaboration
• File sharing and storage
• Messaging
• Scheduling meetings
• All in one location

There are four different types of teams you can create. Click on a link below to learn more about each type or click here for help choosing which type of team to create.

1. Class
   • Please Note: Microsoft Teams should not be used for classroom instructional purposes due to factors including student privacy, online course compliance considerations, and available support. Zoom is the UNM approved and recommended tool for hosting a synchronous class meeting using web conferencing.
2. Other

• An Internet connection (broadband or 4G/LTE is recommended)
• Microphone and speakers, headset with microphone, or equivalent device
• A webcam

• Windows 10, or Windows 8.1 in 32-bit and 64-bit
• Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan or later
• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, 18.04 LTS, Fedora 30 Workstation, RHEL 8 Workstation, CentOS 8
• Two most recent major versions of iOS
• Last four major versions of Android

• Minimum: 1.6 GHz (or higher) (32-bit or 64-bit) and 2.0 GB RAM. Macs require Intel processor, Core 2 Duo or higher
• Recommended for 1:1 video calls: single-core processor and 4.0 GB RAM (or higher)
• Best online meeting experience: dual-core processor and 8.0 GB RAM (or higher)

As with other IT services, in accordance with relevant laws, regulations, and with UNM Policies, all users are responsible for appropriate use and safeguarding of data, especially Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) that is used with Microsoft Teams (“Teams”). Users are responsible for ensuring that they have permission from the appropriate UNM data owner or data steward, and for securing that data in accordance with data owner or data steward requirements before using that data in Teams.

All UNM Teams users are expected to protect Personally Identifiable Information (PII), Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), and other data UNM collects and uses, including, but not limited to:

• FERPA protected data (Student Records) – For assistance with using student data in Microsoft Teams, please consult the UNM Registrar (https://registrar.unm.edu).
• GLBA protected student financial aid data and Teams – For assistance with using student financial aid data in Microsoft Teams, please conduct the UNM Director of Financial Aid (https://financialaid.unm.edu).
• Research Compliance – For assistance with using human subject research data, please consult the Office of Research Compliance (https://researchcompliance.unm.edu).
• HIPAA and PHI – Teams is not approved for use with Protected Health Information (PHI). For assistance with the operational controls for HIPAA information, please consult the HSC Privacy Office (https://hsc.unm.edu/admin/privacy).
• For all other PII or Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), please open a HELP.UNM ticket (https://help.unm.edu), and the UNM Information Security and Privacy Office can assist you in identifying the appropriate data steward and safeguards.

Additionally, be aware of the privacy policy on https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement as well as on the UNM Information Security & Privacy Office website (https://ispo.unm.edu).

Recordings

Be thoughtful about creating and sharing recordings of Teams meetings.Meetings should not be recorded absent an articulated business purpose or academic need (including as a reasonable accommodation) that requires recording of the meeting. Before deciding to record a Teams meeting, ask yourself if you would record the meeting if it occurred in person.

Inform meeting attendees, prior to a recorded meeting, how you intend to record, use, and share video. You may also consider giving attendees options to participate without having their image or voice recorded, such as allowing them to attend with no video or audio, and the option to pose questions only in the text chat window. Because you can start and stop recordings in Teams at any time, you can choose to include unrecorded time throughout your Teams session, giving attendees an opportunity to discuss topics or ask questions that they do not wish to have recorded.

• Recordings Expire after 90 days (beginning 9/1/2021)

Getting Started

Click here to register for a NetID or get assistance with your password.

Click here to access the Microsoft Teams download page or click any of the direct links below. Be sure to check the Apple Store or the Android Store for your mobile devices and tablets.

• Windows 64-bit
• Windows 32-bit
• Linux DEB 64-bit
• Linux RPM 64-bit

You can access a limited version of Microsoft Teams in your web browser. It is recommended to download the Team client software for the full experience.

• Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based), the latest version plus two previous versions
• Google Chrome, the latest version plus two previous versions

1. StartTeams.
   • In Windows, clickStart >MicrosoftTeams.
   • On Mac, go to theApplications folder and clickMicrosoftTeams.
   • On mobile, tap theTeamsicon.
2. Sign in with your Office 365 username and password.

Get started with chat and file sharing using the Quick Start Video Training.

Download the Quick Start Guide to learn the basics and keep as a handy reference.

The MicrosoftTeamsHelp & Learning Center is a free online resource that can help you find answers to most questions; Setup, login, how-to’s, FAQ, etc.

FAQ: What is Microsoft Teams and How do I Use it?

Instructor-Led Webinars

• Say hello to Microsoft Teams - Discover the benefits of using Teams
• Get started with Microsoft Teams - Learn the basics to get started
• Run effective meetings with Microsoft Teams - Learn to manage the end-to-end meeting process
• Explore teams and channels in Microsoft Teams - Streamline your project and workgroup collaboration
• Integrate apps to do more in Microsoft Teams - Access tools and services
• Go deeper with Microsoft Teams - Strategies and features to get more from Teams
• Master working from home with Microsoft Teams - Learn best practices for staying connected to your team
• Microsoft Teams for Education Webinar Series - Learn how to use Teams in higher education
• Collaborative Learning in MS Teams Webinar - Offered by the Center for Digital Learning at UNM

On Demand Video Training

• Microsoft Teams Training Playlist on Youtube (Spanish, German, and French translations available)
• Productive Meetings Playlist (Youtube)

Microsoft Teams has many features built in that make the software easier to use for everyone.

Teams for Remote Work

Ready to create your own team? Follow the instructions below and then watch the Get your team up and running video training.

1. Open the Teams client and select Teams > Join or create a team.
2. Click Create team and Select a team type.
   • Class- Discussions, group projects, assignments
     • Microsoft Teams should not be used for classroom instructional purposes due to factors including student privacy, online course compliance considerations, and available support. Zoomis the UNM approved and recommended tool for hosting a synchronous class meeting using web conferencing.

1. • Professional Learning Community (PLC) - Educator working group
   • Staff - School administration and development
   • Other - Clubs, study groups, after school activities
2. Give the team a name and add a short description and click Create.

View the video training on managing meetings in Teams or click on a link below for help with a specific feature.

Join a meeting

Schedule a meeting

• Change participant settings (lobby bypass, notifications, etc.)

During a meeting

• Share content (powerpoint, desktop, etc.)

Record a meeting

After a meeting

Get Help

Have an idea to improve Microsoft Teams? In the Teams app, click Help on the lower left side for some options.

• Give feedback - send a quick suggestion to Microsoft.
• Suggest a feature - submit and discuss detailed ideas for new features and vote on ideas submitted by other Microsoft customers.

Microsoft is always adding new features and improvements to Teams.

Keep Teams up-to-date by clicking 'Check for updates' in your profile menu or download the latest version of Teams.

Check out the Microsoft Teams Blog for announcements about new and upcoming features.

If you experience technical issues with Teams or other IT Services, please call the UNM IT Service Desk at 277-5757 or submit a Help.UNM ticket.

You can also search the FastInfo Knowledgebase for helpful articles about using and troubleshooting issues with Microsoft Teams.

Microsoft Teams has clients available for desktop (Windows, Mac, and Linux), web, and mobile (Android and iOS). These clients all require an active internet connection and do not support an offline mode.

Note

For details about each clients' capabilities on different platforms, see Teams features by platform.

Effective November 29, 2018, you'll no longer be able to use the Microsoft Teams for Windows 10 S (Preview) app, available from the Microsoft Store. Instead, you can now download and install the Teams desktop client on devices running Windows 10 S mode. To download the desktop client, go to https://teams.microsoft.com/downloads. MSI builds of the Teams desktop client are not yet available for devices running Windows 10 S mode.

For more information about Windows 10 S mode, see Introducing Windows 10 in S mode.

Desktop client

Tip

Watch the following session to learn about the benefits of the Windows Desktop Client, how to plan for it, and how to deploy it: Teams Windows Desktop Client

The Microsoft Teams desktop client is a standalone application and is also available in Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise. Teams is available for 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows (8.1 or later), ARM64 for Windows 10 on ARM, and Windows Server (2012 R2 or later), as well as for macOS and Linux (in .deb and .rpm formats). On Windows, Teams requires .NET Framework 4.5 or later; the Teams installer will offer to install it for you if you don't have it. On Linux, package managers such as apt and yum will try to install any requirements for you. However, if they don't then you will need to install any reported requirements before installing Teams on Linux.

The desktop clients provide real-time communications support (audio, video, and content sharing) for team meetings, group calling, and private one-on-one calls.

Desktop clients can be downloaded and installed by end users directly from https://teams.microsoft.com/downloads if they have the appropriate local permissions (admin rights are not required to install the Teams client on a PC but are required on a Mac).

Note

For more details about installing Teams on a Chromebook, please see How to install and run Microsoft Office on a Chromebook.

IT admins can choose their preferred method to distribute the installation files to computers in their organization. Some examples include Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (Windows) or Jamf Pro (macOS). To get the MSI package for Windows distribution, see Install Microsoft Teams using MSI.

Note

Distribution of the client via these mechanisms is only for the initial installation of Microsoft Teams clients and not for future updates.

Windows

The Microsoft Teams installation for Windows provides downloadable installers in 32-bit and 64-bit architecture.

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The architecture (32-bit vs. 64-bit) of Microsoft Teams is agnostic to the architecture of Windows and Office that is installed.

The Windows client is deployed to the AppData folder located in the user’s profile. Deploying to the user’s local profile allows the client to be installed without requiring elevated rights. The Windows client leverages the following locations:

• %LocalAppData%MicrosoftTeams

• %LocalAppData%MicrosoftTeamsMeetingAddin

• %AppData%MicrosoftTeams

• %LocalAppData%SquirrelTemp

When users initiate a call using the Microsoft Teams client for the first time, they might notice a warning with the Windows firewall settings that asks for users to allow communication. Users might be instructed to ignore this message because the call will work, even when the warning is dismissed.

Note

Windows Firewall configuration will be altered even when the prompt is dismissed by selecting “Cancel”. Two inbound rules for teams.exe will be created with Allow action for both TCP and UDP protocols.

If you want to prevent Teams from prompting users to create firewall rules when the users make their first call from Teams, use the Sample PowerShell script - inbound firewall rule below.

Mac

Mac users can install Teams by using a PKG installation file for macOS computers. Administrative access is required to install the Mac client. The macOS client is installed to the /Applications folder.

Install Teams by using the PKG file

1. From the Teams download page, under Mac, click Download.
2. Double click the PKG file.
3. Follow the installation wizard to complete the installation.
4. Teams will be installed to /Applications folder. It is a machine-wide installation.

Note

During the installation, the PKG will prompt for admin credentials. The user needs to enter the admin credentials, regardless of whether or not the user is an admin.

If a user currently has a DMG installation of Teams and wants to replace it with the PKG installation, the user should:

1. Exit the Teams app.
2. Uninstall the Teams app.
3. Install the PKG file.

IT admins can use managed deployment of Teams to distribute the installation files to all Macs in their organization, such as Jamf Pro.

Note

If you experience issues installing the PKG, let us know. In the Feedback section at the end of this article, click Product feedback.

Linux

Users will be able to install native Linux packages in .deb and .rpm formats. Installing the DEB or RPM package will automatically install the package repository.

• DEB https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/ms-teams stable main
• RPM https://packages.microsoft.com/yumrepos/ms-teams

The signing key to enable auto-updating using the system's package manager is installed automatically. However, it can also be found at: https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc. Microsoft Teams ships monthly and if the repository was installed correctly, then your system package manager should handle auto-updating in the same way as other packages on the system.

Note

If you find a bug, submit it using Report a Problem from within the client. For known issues, see Support Teams in your organization.For Teams for Linux support you can use the Linux forum support channel on Microsoft Q&A. Be sure to use the teams-linux tag when posting questions.

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Install Teams using DEB package

1. Download the package from https://aka.ms/getteams.
2. Install using one of the following:
   • Open the relevant package management tool and go through the self-guided Linux app installation process.
   • Or if you love Terminal, type: sudo dpkg -i **teams download file**

You can launch Teams via Activities or via Terminal by typing teams.

Install Teams using RPM package

1. Download the package from https://aka.ms/getteams.
2. Install using one of the following:
   • Open the relevant package management tool and go through the self-guided Linux app installation process.
   • Or if you love Terminal, type: sudo yum install **teams download file**

You can launch Teams via Activities or via Terminal by typing teams.

Install manually from the command line

Install manually on Debian and Ubuntu distributions:

Install manually on RHEL, Fedora and CentOS based distributions:

Alternatively, to use yum instead of dnf:

Install manually on openSUSE based distributions:

Web client

The web client (https://teams.microsoft.com) is a full, functional client that can be used from a variety of browsers. The web client supports Calling and Meetings by using webRTC, so there is no plug-in or download required to run Teams in a web browser. The browser must be configured to allow third-party cookies.

Teams fully supports the following Internet browsers, with noted exceptions for calling and meetings. This table applies to operating systems running on desktop computers.

¹ To give and take control of shared content during sharing, both parties must be using the Teams desktop client. Control isn't supported when either party is running Teams in a browser. This is due to a technical limitation that we're planning to fix.

² Blur my background isn't available when you run Teams in a browser. This feature is only available in the Teams desktop client.

³ Teams meetings on browsers are limited to a single incoming video feed of active speaker.

⁴ Edge RS2 or later doesn't support sending real-time audio and video traffic through HTTP proxies.

Note

As long as an operating system can run the supported browser, Teams is supported on desktop computers. For example, running Firefox on the Linux operating system is an option for using Teams.

For mobile operating systems, we recommend that you run the Teams app, available from the Android and iOS stores. Running Teams in a mobile operating system is supported, but many features are unavailable.

The web client performs browser version detection upon connecting to https://teams.microsoft.com. If an unsupported browser version is detected, it will block access to the web interface and recommend that the user download the desktop client or mobile app.

Mobile clients

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The Microsoft Teams mobile apps are available for Android and iOS, and are geared for on-the-go users participating in chat-based conversations and allow peer-to-peer audio calls. For mobile apps, go to the relevant mobile stores Google Play and the Apple App Store. The Windows Phone App was retired July 20, 2018 and may no longer work.

In China, here's how to get Teams for Android.

Supported mobile platforms for Microsoft Teams mobile apps are the following:

• Android: Support is limited to the last four major versions of Android. When a new major version of Android is released, the new version and the previous three versions are officially supported.

• iOS: Support is limited to the two most recent major versions of iOS. When a new major version of iOS is released, the new version of iOS and the previous version are officially supported.

Note

The mobile version must be available to the public in order for Teams to work as expected.

Mobile apps are distributed and updated through the respective mobile platform’s app store only. Distribution of the mobile apps via MDM or side-loading is not supported by Microsoft. Once the mobile app has been installed on a supported mobile platform, the Teams Mobile App itself will be supported provided the version is within three months of the current release.

Client update management

Clients are currently updated automatically by the Microsoft Teams service with no IT administrator intervention required. If an update is available, the client will automatically download the update and when the app has idled for a period of time, the update process will begin.

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Client-side configurations

Currently, there are no supported options available to configure the client either through the tenant admin, PowerShell, Group Policy Objects or the registry.

Notification settings

There are currently no options available for IT administrators to configure client-side notification settings. All notification options are set by the user. The figure below outlines the default client settings.

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Sample PowerShell script - inbound firewall rule

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This sample script, which needs to run on client computers in the context of an elevated administrator account, will create a new inbound firewall rule for each user folder found in c:users. When Teams finds this rule, it will prevent the Teams application from prompting users to create firewall rules when the users make their first call from Teams.